You seem to be arguing that this is a scalability issue, and I disagree. It's a sustainability issue. Viewed in this light, it's most certainly not a glass-ha

You seem to be arguing that this is a scalability issue, and I disagree. It's a sustainability issue. Viewed in this light, it's most certainly not a glass-half-full/glass-half-empty situation. Never in all history has a state benefitted from a prolonged state of war, and this is especially true of foreign campaigns.